Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-07-29
A Romance of the Met
ropolis.
4 Founded upon Notes from the
Diary of Inspector Byrnes.
xsy Julian Hawthorne, Author of Gath"
etc, etc,
SCopyri GIFTED 1887 by o. NJ. Dunham,)
(Contnu ID from last week.
CHAPTER VIII.

grown jncu OIL reporting no progress, ana
had mostly ceased to refer to the subject.
Such of the public as had maintained their
interest in the event had fallen into a skepti-
cal and cynical mood. Meanwhile the Man
haitian bank itself had been suffering most
serious Inconvenience Their Golfers were
almost empty, and though but compare
siVely small part of the loss was in directly
negotiable form, still until some arrange
snent conld he made about the nOn-nego-
Liable securities the were practically little
oettcr off than if the whole had been in cur
Eency-
In regard to their settlement with dcpoSi-
tors they were obliged to avail themselves
si the siXty-days claim to which the law en-
titled them; and during this interval they
male every effort to secure the passage of
a bill through Congress authorizing the is
sue of duplicates of the stolen bonds. The
aiaEsositors were impatient and suspicious,
and report, emanating no one knew
whence, gained currency in some quarters
that the bank directors had opened negotia-
tions with the thieves, which negotiations,
of course, would result in the loss of from
ten to fifty per cent of the value of the de
pCsits. The directors when questioned as
tT she truth of the rumois, denied them alb
.s9!Gtely but very little is gained by deny
ing anything which the inquiring party has
previously made up his mind to believe.
Our old friend, Mr. John ID. Grady. ever
since the occurrence of the robbery, in such
embarrassing proximity to his own virtuOus
abode, had been pursuing the artlcss routine
of bis daily affairs with undisturbed equan-
army. If once in while he happened to
run across Inspector Byrnes, in the course
VI his nocturnal peregrinations. he would
with int
|1ire with kindly interest whether he
Fere not yet prepared to draw the net ON
the first victim. He was inclined to doubt,
Va said, whether the robbery could have
been committed by an ordinary or profess
Slonal gang of burglars for although certain
" the indications We're such as to suggest
Sg!ch an idea. yet there We're others which
puinted in much more commonplace direc-
ton. In short, Mr.. Grady was of the opinion
ar0-here he sank his voice to a mysterious
Rhisper-that it might prove worth the in
sfsactOr's while to make Il quiet but search
ing investigation into the financial condition
Al certain of the officers of the bank as they
7Nere Immediately before and Immediately
after the burglary. As result Mr.. Grady
felt assured the inspector would light upon
reformation that might be of the last impor-
taJtce, "But as to them other poor fellows
that you MAYBE have in your eye,n he adj
Eteti with winning frankness, ''well, you
Sxow, inspector, don't preten for to say
that there's not friends of my own among
EN-. Bless you. they tell me all the
Lhonshts of their hearts, And what makes
me particularly sure that none of them boys
aad to do with this job, inspector, is just
THAT, If they had, they'd have come to me
with the whole story! But not a word did
! ever hear from one of EN-, and you may
lay what you will, I'll never believe that
Thy know, the first thing about itn'
Wen, you may he right Grady the III
sFH4-tOr replied with an air of being i'm
pressed by the diamond dealers statement
ITS mighty little | can find out about it any
way. Of course you understand as an officer
E'8u obliged to keep up appearances; we
amt rOnvict without evidence and if
at,ere's no evidence there'll be no convic-
ton
With this the two gentlemen babe each
ather good night and parted
Ii was few days after this conversation
that a handsomely dressed lady, with large
dark eyes and pale but beautifully mould
az face, crossed the Hudson by the Cortland
ST q. t ferry and passing through the wait
NIX room where she bought paper-coverel
navel took her seat in the draWing-rOom car
~ 5te Washington express. The chair i'm
2rediotely in front of her being vacant she
placed her travelling bag, gloves and sealskin
Jacket upon it and had settled herself for
snG undisturbed perusal of her book when,
Just us the train started an agreeable look
M gentleman of perhaps thirty-tive years
ri age entered the car and advanced in her
direction, noting the numbers of the chairs
IT, he advanced When he arrived at the
chair which had her things upon it he
paused and seemed to hesitate while an eX-
Ezt=ssion of Apologize embarrassment dwelt
zrFyn his courteous and good humored coun-
tenance.
She looked up with some traces of annoy
sEce on; but when she saw how entirely
Tas,1bjectionable her involuntary neighbor
sssnsed to be her brow cleared little and
slsss said politely, II beg your pardon; is
'Aas chair yOurs?n
lt's not bit of matter" he replied I;
Pan very sorry. | was-I was Just on my
Way to the smoking compartments at the
-rt&er end. -
You have just come out of the smoking
.sjDpartment-it is behind you," she said
S0IS a little smile. "No-I must insist
asf;,ls1lt is my ia alt. Ishall take my things
avay whether you sit down or not
II wish you wouldn't let me disturb you, 4"
~ gntnIn9d in Il troubled tone. But she
bGgan to move her jacket, SO he put down
nag valise and hung up her garment for her
On the hook by the window and the travel
iEg bag over it. The gloves she put in her
1l0cket.
81 really am going to the smoking
Ddom, he then said. II just came in to
7zCtqg ~, my hat. hope you'll make your
i,sf comfortable, you know" SO saying he
sxchilnged his tall hat for a black silk skull
cap, took a cigar from a cigar case in
his pocket, and after moving up stool so
that she could put her feet upon it, bowed
slightly and retired He did not reappear
tiG they were within "A few miles of Phila-
iesrbia. Then he came back and said: "Do
yon get out here"
No; | go thr Jugh to Washington.
Arsn't you going to sit DOWN See
invent touched your chair since you went
mi -
e. n was a sfully stupid of me-" he re-
termed you're very kind. | see you've
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